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STATE  OF  NEVADA 

PRELIMINARY  ORDER  OF  DETERMINATION 

OF  THE 


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Waters  of  the  Humboldt  River  and 
Its  Tributaries 


Compiled  by  the  Office  of  State  Engineer,  Under  Authority 
of  Chapter  140,  Statutes  of  1913,  as  amended  by  Chapter  233, 
Statutes  of  1913,  as  amended  by  Chapter  106,  Statutes  of  1921 


J.  G.  SCRUGHAM,  State  Engineer 


CARSON  CITY,  NEVADA 

State  Printing  Office— Joe  Farnsworth,  Superintendent 

1922 


PRELIMINARY  ORDER  OF  DETERMINATION  OF  THE 
HUMBOLDT  RIVER  STREAM-SYSTEM 
AND  ITS  TRIBUTARIES 

The  State  Engineer  of  the  State  of  Nevada,  having  heretofore  and  under  and 
pursuant  to  section  18  of  chapter  140,  Statutes  of  Nevada,  1913,  and  Acts  amen- 
datory and  supplemental  thereto,  selected  in  order  of  its  importance  for  irriga- 
tion the  Humboldt  River  stream-system  and  its  tributaries  for  the  determination 
of  the  relative  rights  to  the  use  of  the  water  of  said  stream-system,  and  the 
State  Engineer  having  given  and  published  the  notices  and  filed  and  made  the 
orders  as  required  by  the  provisions  of  sections  18  to  27  of  the  said  chapter  140, 
Statutes  of  Nevada,  1913,  and  Acts  amendatory  and  supplemental  thereto,  and 
having  made  the  investigations,  prepared  the  maps,  observations  and  other  data, 
as  required  by  said  sections,  of  said  Act,  and  having  received  and  there  having 
been  filed  with  said  State  Engineer  the  proofs  and  statements  of  claims  to  the 
use  of  water  from  said  stream-system,  and  all  said  proofs  and  evidence  taken 
or  given  before  the  State  Engineer,  or  obtained  by  said  State  Engineer,  having 
been  duly  considered,  said  State  Engineer  hereby  makes  this  his  Preliminary 
Order  of  Determination,  defining  the  several  rights  of  claims  to  the  waters  of 
said  stream-system  and  its  tributaries. 

Except  as  hereinafter  stated,  it  is  recommended  the  duty  of  water  on  the 
lands  irrigated  from  the  Humboldt  River  stream-system  should  be  as  follows : 

* Class  A,  Harvest  Crops,  etc. — 3 acre-feet  per  acre. 

Class  B,  Meadow  Pasture — 1%  acre-feet  per  acre. 

Class  C,  Diversified  Pasture — % acre-foot  per  acre. 

In  the  following  tabulations  the  calculated  rate  of  flow  in  Districts  1,  2, 
and  3 is  based  upon  an  irrigating  season  of  180  days  for  Class  A lands,  90  days 
for  Class  B lands,  and  45  days  for  Class  C lands.  In  District  4 the  calculated 
rate  of  flow  is  based  upon  an  irrigating  season  of  120  days  for  Class  A lands, 
60  days  for  Class  B lands,  and  30  days  for  Class  C lands.  Due  to  the  wide  varia- 
tions in  conditions  of  irrigation  practice,  season,  soil,  crops,  etc.,  the  State  Engi- 
neer deems  it  necessary  to  reserve  the  right  as  given  under  section  36a,  chapter 
106,  Nevada  Statutes  of  1921,  to  modify  his  findings  on  the  duty  of  water  or 
rate  of  flow  as  allocated,  where  it  is  afterwards  found  that  such  modification 
is  desirable  and  consistent  with  th4  principle  that  actual  and  beneficial  use  is 
the  measure  and  limit  of  the  right. 

In  defining  this  actual  and  beneficial  use  the  State  Engineer  will  give  due 
consideration  to  the  head  required  to  distribute  the  water  over  the  land  and 
to  the  water  which  returns  to  the  stream-system  and  becomes  available  for  the 
use  of  other  appropriators. 

Upon  lands  where  conditions  render  it  impossible  to  measure  the  amount 
of  water  diverted  upon  the  land,  the  duty  of  water  as  allotted  will  be  mod- 
ified and  based  upon  that  time-limit  of  irrigation  which  is  found  to  be  most 
consistent  with  good  husbandry.  Swamp  lands  which  are  allocated  a water 
right  in  the  following  tabulations  should  not  carry  the  right  to  divert  water 
from  the  stream-system  on  to  such  lands,  until  the  areas  become  dry  or  are 
drained  and  provision  made  to  return  the  drainage  water  to  the  stream-system. 

The  parties  named  in  this  order  of  determination,  or  their  successors  in 


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interest,  shall  not  be  required  to  take  or  use  the  amount  of  water  allotted  to 
them  in  a continuous  flow,  but  may  cumulate  the  same  or  any  part  thereof  in 
rotation  or  periodic  turn,  within  the  season  limits,  and  with  the  approval  of 
the  Water  Commissioner,  and  subject  to  the  control  and  direction  of  the 
State  Engineer. 

In  addition  to  water  used  during  the  irrigating  season,  each  user  should  be 
entitled,  in  his  proper  proportion  and  priority,  to  the  use  of  water  in  such 
reasonable  amounts  as  necessary  for  fall  and  spring  irrigation  and  for  stock- 
watering purposes  during  the  nonirrigating  season. 

In  case  any  water  user  is  dissatisfied  with  the  duty  of  water  as  allotted  in 
this  preliminary  order  of  determination,  he  may,  either  immediately  or  at  any 
time  not  later  than  three  years  from  date  of  issuance  of  the  court  decree,  sub- 
mit to  the  State  Engineer  such  authenticated  measurements  as  may  be  neces- 
sary to  prove  the  actual  and  beneficial  use  of  water  on  his  lands.  Upon 
approval  of  the  proof  submitted,  the  Engineer  will  accordingly  modify  his 
findings  or,  in  case  the  decree  has  already  been  entered,  he  will  apply  to  the 
Court  for  a modification  of  the  duty  of  water  allotment  in  conformity  with  the 
proof  submitted. 

All  measurements  of  amounts  diverted  are  to  be  made  at  the  point  where 
the  main  ditch  enters  or  becomes  adjacent  to  the  land  to  be  irrigated  or  as  near 
thereto  as  practicable,  the  location  if  not  selected  by  the  State  Engineer  to  be 
approved  by  him.  Each  water  user  shall  install  and  maintain  substantial 
headgates  and  weirs  in  his  ditch  or  ditches.  Due  allowance  for  losses  in  ditches 
will  be  made  by  the  State  Engineer  in  case  it  becomes  necessary  to  divert 
additional  water  into  said  ditches. 


Claimant— Antonio  J.  Alves.  Proof  No.  001 

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